Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Members of this genus are also known as the Old World cormorants.[1]
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Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Members of this genus are also known as the Old World cormorants...
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, formerly also known as the great black cormorant across the...
adopted a consensus taxonomy of seven genera. The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and the common shag (Gulosus aristotelis) are the only two species...
centimetres (20 in) long and only slightly smaller than the Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis). The Indian cormorant has a narrower and longer bill which...
cormorant known to have existed. It was formerly classified in the genus Phalacrocorax, but in 2021, the IOC reclassified it and several other Pacific cormorant...
within the genus Phalacrocorax, but a 2014 study found it to be significantly more diverged than the clade containing Phalacrocorax and Urile, but basal...
The Australian pied cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius), also known as the pied cormorant, pied shag, or great pied cormorant, is a medium-sized member of...
then was later placed with most of the other cormorants in the genus Phalacrocorax. A 2014 study supported reclassifying it and two other American cormorant...
Rekasi, Jozsef. "Data concerning diet and nesting of Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus) in the Danube Delta" (PDF). Anale Ştiinţifice ale Institutului...
highest flight costs of any bird. It was formerly classified in the genus Phalacrocorax, but a 2014 study supported reclassifying it and several other Pacific...
authorities such as the American Ornithologists' Union began to use Phalacrocorax brasilianus after Ralph Browning argued that Piso's description and...
The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the...
this species in the genus Leucocarbo. Others place it in the genus Phalacrocorax. The specific epithet of this bird commemorates the naturalist William...
regarding the species. The Antarctic shag is usually placed in genus Phalacrocorax or Leucocarbo. This species is one of the blue-eyed shags, however its...
and a subspecies of the imperial shag. Others place it in the genus Phalacrocorax. It is now usually considered to be a full species. The Heard Island...
this species in the genus Leucocarbo. Others place it in the genus Phalacrocorax. The scientific name commemorates the French explorer Louis Antoine...
or pārekareka (Phalacrocorax punctatus) is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Though originally classified as Phalacrocorax punctatus, it is...
The little black cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. It is common in smaller rivers and lakes throughout...
recognised. Until recently most authorities referred to this species as Phalacrocorax melanoleucos. The species is known as the little pied cormorant in Australia...
publication. For example: "Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826)" denotes a subspecies of the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) introduced by...
[pied] shag (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) Little black cormorant, or little black shag (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris) Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger) This...
The Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), also known as Temminck's cormorant, is a cormorant native to the east Palearctic. It is migratory,...
the Otago, Foveaux, and Chatham shags. Others place it in the genus Phalacrocorax. Archaeological evidence shows that Otago shags were formerly found...
The Pitt shag (Phalacrocorax featherstoni), also known as the Pitt Island shag or Featherstone's shag, is a species of bird in the family Phalacrocoracidae...
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